What techniques and tools do you use to communicate architectural decisions?

Software development is as much about communication as it is technology. For architecture to be a success, communicating effectively with our teams and stakeholders is essential. This can seem straightforward at the outset, but as requirements change, teams churn and context gets lost, how can we ensure that our architecture remains on track? From oral histories and whiteboard sketches, through lightweight documentation to more traditional software architecture description documents - what tools and techniques really work?

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